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Comment The greatest strength of consoles (Score 2, Insightful) 356

by pentup on Friday December 12, 2008 @07:53AM (#26088495) Attached to: Will Consoles Merge Back Into PCs?

is an environment that users can't screw up. If you move these systems onto a computer, they are then going to have to compete with background processes eating up CPU cycles, malware, and the occasional stupid user. I can't imagine why console manufacturer would want to deal with that kind of stuff. Wouldn't it then just become a computer game that you can't play with out first purchasing a "PS3 License"?

Journal Journal: Stem cells heal mice

Journal by arbitraryaardvark on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:14AM

Embryonic stem cells may repair mouse eyes, reports Reuters.
Building-a-better-mouse-department
Stem cells made from human embryos can home in on damaged eyes, hearts and arteries of mice and rats, and appear to start repairs, said Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology.

Bookmark Firefox User's Smarter Than IE User's? (feedthegeeks.com)

by beastybob on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @08:05AM

Feed News: Comcast works on single comms dashboard with Zimbra (macworld.com)

From feed by macworldfeed on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @07:53AM

Open-source collaboration software vendor Zimbra is to embark upon a major relationship with U.S. broadband player Comcast.

Submission + - Sun Says OSS Developers Need To Be Compensated

Submitted by

krelian

on Monday May 07, 2007 @08:15PM

krelian writes: "Talking at Netbeans Day, Rich Green, Sun executive vice president for software, expressed doubts about the current model in which open-source developers create free intellectual property and have others scoop it up to generate huge amounts of revenue. "It really is a worrisome social artifact," Green said. "I think in the long term that this is a worrisome scenario [and] not sustainable. We are looking very closely at compensating people for the work that they do.""

Feed iPod Shuffle case with bottle opener (cnet.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Monday May 07, 2007 @04:52PM

This is one of those accessories that made me think, "Wow, I'm surprised nobody came up with this before. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.

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